diff --git a/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFWorkbook.cs b/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFWorkbook.cs
index 0ff02e2fd..58518cc62 100644
--- a/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFWorkbook.cs
+++ b/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/XSSFWorkbook.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 using NPOI.OpenXml4Net.Exceptions;
 using NPOI.SS;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace NPOI.XSSF.UserModel
 {
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ public XSSFWorkbook(Stream is1)
         public XSSFWorkbook(FileInfo file)
             : this(OPCPackage.Open(file))
         {
-     
+
         }
 
         /**
@@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ public ISheet CreateSheet(String sheetname)
         private void ValidateSheetName(String sheetName)
         {
             if (ContainsSheet(sheetName, sheets.Count))
-                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("The workbook already contains a sheet named '{0}'",sheetName));
+                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("The workbook already contains a sheet named '{0}'", sheetName));
         }
         protected XSSFDialogsheet CreateDialogsheet(String sheetname, CT_Dialogsheet dialogsheet)
         {
@@ -1271,7 +1272,7 @@ public void RemoveName(int nameIndex)
         public void RemoveName(String name)
         {
             List<XSSFName> names = namedRangesByName[name.ToLower()];
-            if (names.Count==0)
+            if (names.Count == 0)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException("Named range was not found: " + name);
             }
@@ -1280,7 +1281,7 @@ public void RemoveName(String name)
 
         private bool RemoveMapping(string key, XSSFName item)
         {
-            if(namedRangesByName.ContainsKey(key))
+            if (namedRangesByName.ContainsKey(key))
             {
                 var values = namedRangesByName[key];
                 return values.Remove(item);
@@ -1571,7 +1572,7 @@ public XSSFName GetBuiltInName(String builtInCode, int sheetNumber)
         {
             if (!namedRangesByName.ContainsKey(builtInCode.ToLower()))
                 return null;
-            
+
             foreach (XSSFName name in namedRangesByName[builtInCode.ToLower()])
             {
                 if (name.SheetIndex == sheetNumber)
@@ -1644,7 +1645,7 @@ public void SetSheetName(int sheetIndex, String sheetname)
 
             // Check it isn't already taken
             if (ContainsSheet(sheetname, sheetIndex))
-                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("The workbook already contains a sheet named '{0}'",sheetname));
+                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("The workbook already contains a sheet named '{0}'", sheetname));
 
             // Update references to the name
             XSSFFormulaUtils utils = new XSSFFormulaUtils(this);
@@ -2219,7 +2220,7 @@ public void RemovePivotTables()
             foreach (var xssfPivotTable in pivotTables)
             {
                 var sheet = xssfPivotTable.GetParent();
-                if ( sheet is XSSFSheet )
+                if (sheet is XSSFSheet)
                 {
                     sheet.RemoveRelation(xssfPivotTable);
                 }
@@ -2229,7 +2230,7 @@ public void RemovePivotTables()
             {
                 if (poixmlDocumentPart is XSSFPivotCacheDefinition)
                 {
-                    var pivotCacheDefinition = (XSSFPivotCacheDefinition)poixmlDocumentPart; 
+                    var pivotCacheDefinition = (XSSFPivotCacheDefinition)poixmlDocumentPart;
                     RemoveRelation(pivotCacheDefinition);
                 }
             }
@@ -2587,8 +2588,16 @@ public bool IsReadOnly
 
         public bool Remove(ISheet item)
         {
+            string sheetName = item.SheetName;
+            int idx = sheets.FindIndex(_ => _.SheetName.Equals(sheetName, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));
 
-            return this.sheets.Remove((XSSFSheet)item);
+            if (idx != -1)
+            {
+                RemoveSheetAt(idx);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
         }
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/testcases/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/TestXSSFWorkbook.cs b/testcases/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/TestXSSFWorkbook.cs
index 69c4d59f7..abede86b4 100644
--- a/testcases/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/TestXSSFWorkbook.cs
+++ b/testcases/ooxml/XSSF/UserModel/TestXSSFWorkbook.cs
@@ -1196,5 +1196,25 @@ public void TestRemoveSheet()
             wb.Close();
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestRemoveSheetMethod()
+        {
+            using (XSSFWorkbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook())
+            {
+                var sheet1 = wb.CreateSheet("Sheet1");
+                var sheet2 = wb.CreateSheet("Sheet2");
+
+                Assert.True(wb.Remove(sheet2));
+                Assert.AreEqual(1, wb.NumberOfSheets);
+                Assert.AreEqual("Sheet1", wb.GetSheetName(0));
+                Assert.AreEqual(sheet1, wb.GetSheet("Sheet1"));
+
+                using (var wbCopy = XSSFTestDataSamples.WriteOutAndReadBack(wb))
+                {
+                    Assert.AreEqual(1, wbCopy.NumberOfSheets);
+                    Assert.AreEqual("Sheet1", wb.GetSheetName(0));
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }